(November 1938)

Eastern Color, 1934 Series
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Price
0.10 USD
Pages
68
Indicia Frequency
monthly
On-sale Date
1938-10-15
Indicia / Colophon Publisher
Famous Funnies Inc.
Editing
Stephen Douglas

Issue Notes

Much of the content of this comic consists of newspaper strip reprints, either Sunday or daily pages, reformatted to fit the comic book page. The dates of publication of these strips have been removed from the originals.

On sale date from the previous issue's “Let's Get into a Huddle” page.

[no title indexed] (Table of Contents)

Somebody's Stenog / cover / 1 page (report information)

Pencils
Victor Pazmiño
Inks
Victor Pazmiño
Colors
?
Letters
?

First Line of Dialogue or Text
Gosh! Mister, you scared me at first!
Genre
humor; drama
Characters
Sam Smithers

Indexer Notes

The cover character is "Samuel Smithers" from the "Somebody's Stenog" comic strip drawn by A.E. Hayward. However, the Famous Funnies covers were often drawn by artists other than the original creator of the characters depicted.

[no title indexed] (Table of Contents: 1)

Mescal Ike / illustration / 1 page (report information)

Script
?
Pencils
Art Huhta
Inks
Art Huhta
Colors
?
Letters
?

First Line of Dialogue or Text
All right! All right!
Genre
humor; western-frontier
Characters
Mescal Ike; Pa Piffle; Young 'Un

Indexer Notes

This is just a drawing of Young 'Un on a horse astride a canyon, as Pa Piffle and Mescal Ike look on. There is no story or even a gag. A number of "Famous Funnies" issues have these character "pin-ups" in this position in the comic.

[no title indexed] (Table of Contents: 2)

Jitter / comic story / 0.5 page (report information)

Script
Arthur Poinier (credited)
Pencils
Arthur Poinier (credited)
Inks
Arthur Poinier (credited)
Colors
?
Letters
?

First Line of Dialogue or Text
Danger Rattlesnake
Genre
humor; animal
Characters
Jitter (chimp)
Synopsis
Two daily strips:
Jitter sees a rattlesnake in the zoo and is later spooked by toothpaste coming out of a tube as a child plays with a rattle.
Jitter has the family dog lick the dinner dishes clean.
Reprints
  • from Jitter daily (A. A. Kelleher Syndicate) 193x-xx-xx, 193x-xx-xx

Indexer Notes

pantomime; wordless comic

The bottom half of the page is an advertisement, encouraging children to sell "Xmas packs" and win prizes.

[no title indexed] (Table of Contents: 3)

Goofie Gags / cartoon / 1 page (report information)

Script
Victor Pazmiño (signed as VEP)
Pencils
Victor Pazmiño (signed as VEP)
Inks
Victor Pazmiño (signed as VEP)
Colors
?
Letters
?

First Line of Dialogue or Text
Remember, tackle only the man with the ball!
Genre
humor

Indexer Notes

Four one-panel gag cartoons, two about football and two about Thanksgiving.

[no title indexed] (Table of Contents: 4)

The Gay Thirties / cartoon / 0.75 page (report information)

Script
Hank Barrow
Pencils
Hank Barrow
Inks
Hank Barrow
Colors
?
Letters
?

First Line of Dialogue or Text
What's th' matter?
Genre
humor
Characters
Alvin
Reprints
  • from The Gay Thirties daily (AP Newsfeatures [Associated Press]) 193x-xx-xx, 193x-xx-xx

Indexer Notes

Two unrelated daily gag cartoons.

[no title indexed] (Table of Contents: 5)

Roy Powers / comic story / 4 pages (report information)

Script
Paul Powell (credited)
Pencils
Kemp Starrett
Inks
Kemp Starrett
Colors
?
Letters
?

First Line of Dialogue or Text
That old rotted hull back of the shop.
Genre
adventure; teen; children; detective-mystery
Characters
Roy Powers; Uncle Bob; Tommy Glover
Reprints
  • from Roy Powers daily (The Ledger Syndicate) 1938-xx-xx - 1938-xx-xx

[no title indexed] (Table of Contents: 6)

Let's Get Into a Huddle / text article / 1 page (report information)

Script
Stephen Douglas
Pencils
Stephen Douglas
Inks
Stephen Douglas
Colors
?
Letters
typeset

Indexer Notes

Editorial page with various comments about the comic book. Two illustrations by Stephen Douglas [who was "the effective day-to-day editor" of Famous Funnies, according to Ron Goulart, Comic Book Culture: An Illustrated History. Collector's Press, Inc. 2000. pp. 11-12.]

[no title indexed] (Table of Contents: 7)

Buck Rogers / comic story / 4 pages (report information)

Script
Philip Nowlan
Pencils
Rick Yager (signed as Dick Calkins)
Inks
Rick Yager (signed as Dick Calkins)
Colors
?
Letters
?

First Line of Dialogue or Text
I followed Kane and Ardala
Genre
science fiction; adventure
Characters
Anthony "Buck" Rogers; Killer Kane; Princess Ardala; Dr. Elias Huer
Reprints
  • from Buck Rogers Sunday (John F. Dille Co.) 1937-08-01 - 1937-08-22 [Sunday Story 22 - "War With Venus" - strips #384 - #387]

[no title indexed] (Table of Contents: 8)

Such is Life / cartoon / 0.33 page (report information)

Script
Walt Munson (credited)
Pencils
Walt Munson (credited)
Inks
Walt Munson (credited)
Colors
?
Letters
?

First Line of Dialogue or Text
No, I wasn't razzin' you.
Genre
humor
Characters
Goofy Saunders
Synopsis
Goofy says he wasn't blowing a hockey player a "razzberry" (aka Bronx Cheer), he just has a cold and was blowing his nose.
Reprints
  • from Such is Life daily (The Ledger Syndicate)

[no title indexed] (Table of Contents: 9)

Dumb-Bells / cartoon / 0.25 page (report information)

Script
Charles J. Dunn (signed as GAR)
Pencils
Charles J. Dunn (signed as GAR)
Inks
Charles J. Dunn (signed as GAR)
Colors
?
Letters
?

First Line of Dialogue or Text
I think the baby is going to be a song writer...
Genre
humor
Reprints
  • from Dumb-Bells daily (The Ledger Syndicate) 193x-xx-xx,

Indexer Notes

Two daily gag panels.

[no title indexed] (Table of Contents: 10)

Dizzy Dramas / comic story / 0.33 page (report information)

Script
Joe Bowers (credited)
Pencils
Joe Bowers (credited)
Inks
Joe Bowers (credited)
Colors
?
Letters
?

First Line of Dialogue or Text
Closing time!
Genre
humor
Synopsis
A woman breaks a 5,000 year old vase at a museum and tells the guard "you're lucky it wuzn't bran' new."
Reprints
  • from Dizzy Dramas daily (The Ledger Syndicate) 193x-xx-xx

Indexer Notes

There are three separate comic features on this page. The last 0.25 of the page is a black-and-white ad for the "Erectorscope."

[no title indexed] (Table of Contents: 11)

Skyroads / comic story / 4 pages (report information)

Script
Dick Calkins
Pencils
Russell Keaton (signed)
Inks
Russell Keaton (signed)
Colors
?
Letters
?

First Line of Dialogue or Text
Ah, Lolita, my leetle one, another day--another peso!
Genre
adventure; aviation
Characters
Bull Benham; Hurricane Hawk; The Pima Kid; Silky Sims; Puma; Little Jerry; Gilly
Synopsis
Bull and Hurricane chase the kidnapper, Silky Sims, while Jerry and Gilly talk about airplanes.
Reprints
  • from Skyroads daily (John F. Dille Co.) 1936-xx-xx - 1936-xx-xx

[no title indexed] (Table of Contents: 12)

Hairbreadth Harry / comic story / 0.75 page (report information)

Script
F. O. Alexander (credited) (signed as Alexander)
Pencils
F. O. Alexander (credited) (signed as Alexander)
Inks
F. O. Alexander (credited) (signed as Alexander)
Colors
?
Letters
?

First Line of Dialogue or Text
We're aground!
Genre
adventure; humor; drama
Characters
Harry Hollingsworth; Belinda Blinks
Synopsis
Marooned on an island with crocodiles.
Reprints
  • from Hairbreadth Harry Sunday (The Ledger Syndicate)

Indexer Notes

The bottom tier is "High-Gear Homer", by the same creator.

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High-Gear Homer / comic story / 0.25 page (report information)

Script
F. O. Alexander
Pencils
F. O. Alexander
Inks
F. O. Alexander
Colors
?
Letters
?

First Line of Dialogue or Text
A special in umbrellas today, sir!
Genre
humor
Characters
High-Gear Homer
Reprints
  • from Hairbreadth Harry Sunday (The Ledger Syndicate)

Indexer Notes

The bottom tier of the "Hairbreadth Harry" Sunday page, by the same creator.

[no title indexed] (Table of Contents: 14)

Life's Like That / comic story / 1 page (report information)

Script
Fred Neher (credited)
Pencils
Fred Neher (credited)
Inks
Fred Neher (credited)
Colors
?
Letters
?

First Line of Dialogue or Text
He's got the measles and I'm taking no chances of getting it.
Genre
humor; domestic; satire-parody
Reprints
  • from Life's Like That daily (Consolidated News Features)

Indexer Notes

Six unrelated daily gag panels.

[no title indexed] (Table of Contents: 15)

War on Crime / comic story / 2 pages (report information)

Script
Rex Collier (credited)
Pencils
Jimmy Thompson ?
Inks
Jimmy Thompson ?
Colors
?
Letters
?

First Line of Dialogue or Text
After the Topeka Post Office gun battle.
Genre
crime
Characters
Agent Baker; Dr. S. M. Hibbard; Agent Applegate; Agent Suhay
Reprints
  • from War on Crime daily (The Ledger Syndicate) 193x-xx-xx - 193x-xx-xx

Indexer Notes

"Jimmy Thompson" tentative art ID from this site: http://strippersguide.blogspot.com/search?q=war+on+crime

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Jitter / comic story / 1 page (report information)

Script
Arthur Poinier (credited, signed)
Pencils
Arthur Poinier (credited, signed)
Inks
Arthur Poinier (credited, signed)
Colors
?
Letters
?

First Line of Dialogue or Text
Slurp, slurp.
Genre
humor; animal
Characters
Jitter
Reprints
  • from Jitter daily (A. A. Kelleher Syndicate) 193x-xx-xx - 193x-xx-xx

Indexer Notes

Four dailies on one comic book page.

pantomime; wordless comic

[no title indexed] (Table of Contents: 17)

Big Chief Wahoo / comic story / 1 page (report information)

Script
Allen Saunders (credited as Saunders)
Pencils
Elmer Woggon (credited as Woggon) (signed as Wog)
Inks
Elmer Woggon (credited as Woggon) (signed as Wog)
Colors
?
Letters
?

First Line of Dialogue or Text
Teepees all heap small out here in Greenwich Village!
Genre
humor
Characters
Big Chief Wahoo; Pigtails; Mrs. Upsnoot
Reprints
  • from Big Chief Wahoo daily (Publishers Syndicate) 1937-05-18

[no title indexed] (Table of Contents: 18)

Dickie Dare / comic story / 4 pages (report information)

Script
Coulton Waugh (signed)
Pencils
Coulton Waugh (signed)
Inks
Coulton Waugh (signed)
Colors
?
Letters
?

First Line of Dialogue or Text
Dickie and Wags are alone.
Genre
adventure; children
Characters
Dickie Dare; Dan Flynn; Wags (dog); John Barrington; Richard Dare; Mrs. Dare; Smutty
Synopsis
Dan and Dickie sail back to America and are sent by Dickie's father out to New Mexico to track down a new mystery.
Reprints
  • from Dickie Dare daily (AP Newsfeatures [Associated Press]) 193x-xx-xx - 193x-xx-xx

[no title indexed] (Table of Contents: 19)

The Adventures of Patsy / comic story / 2 pages (report information)

Script
Mel Graff (signed)
Pencils
Mel Graff (signed)
Inks
Mel Graff (signed)
Colors
?
Letters
?

First Line of Dialogue or Text
Something must have happened to Phil!
Genre
adventure; children
Characters
Patsy Cardigan; Miss Ginny; Uncle Phil Cardigan; Thimble
Reprints
  • from The Adventures of Patsy daily (AP Newsfeatures [Associated Press]) 1935-11-xx - 1935-11-xx

Theodora--Her Girlhood (Table of Contents: 20)

Highlights of History / comic story / 0.5 page (report information)

Script
J. Carroll Mansfield (credited, signed)
Pencils
J. Carroll Mansfield (credited, signed)
Inks
J. Carroll Mansfield (credited, signed)
Colors
?
Letters
?

Genre
biography; history; non-fiction
Characters
Empress Theodora
Reprints
  • from Highights of History Sunday (The Bell Syndicate) 193x-xx-xx

Indexer Notes

The Sunday page is completed by two single tiers - "Boys and Girls the World Over" and "Would You Believe It---?

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Boys and Girls the World Over / comic story / 0.25 page (report information)

Script
J. Carroll Mansfield
Pencils
J. Carroll Mansfield
Inks
J. Carroll Mansfield
Colors
?
Letters
?

First Line of Dialogue or Text
Guatemala--a Republic of Central America.
Genre
non-fiction
Synopsis
Information on Guatemala.
Reprints
  • from Highights of History Sunday (The Bell Syndicate) 193x-xx-xx

Indexer Notes

The third tier of the "Highights of History" Sunday page, by the same creator.

[no title indexed] (Table of Contents: 22)

Would You Believe It? / comic story / 0.25 page (report information)

Script
J. Carroll Mansfield
Pencils
J. Carroll Mansfield
Inks
J. Carroll Mansfield
Colors
?
Letters
?

First Line of Dialogue or Text
The sturdy Dutch burghers of Nieuw Amsterdam played Kolf!
Genre
non-fiction
Reprints
  • from Highights of History Sunday (The Bell Syndicate) 193x-xx-xx

Indexer Notes

The fourth tier of the "Highights of History" Sunday page, by the same creator.

[no title indexed] (Table of Contents: 23)

Funland / activity / 1 page (report information)

Script
A. W. Nugent
Pencils
A. W. Nugent
Inks
A. W. Nugent; ?
Colors
?
Letters
?

Synopsis
Seven different panels, each with an activity or puzzle.

[no title indexed] (Table of Contents: 24)

Napoleon / comic story / 1 page (report information)

Script
Clifford McBride (credited, signed)
Pencils
Clifford McBride (credited, signed)
Inks
Clifford McBride (credited, signed)
Colors
?
Letters
?

First Line of Dialogue or Text
That looks like our candidate's dog across the street!
Genre
humor; animal
Characters
Napoleon; Uncle Elby; Joe Ballot
Reprints
  • from Napoleon and Uncle Elby Sunday (Lafave Newspaper Features) 1936-02-02

[no title indexed] (Table of Contents: 25)

Animals in the News / comic story / 0.33 page (report information)

Script
M. E. Brady (credited)
Pencils
M. E. Brady (credited)
Inks
M. E. Brady (credited)
Colors
?
Letters
?

First Line of Dialogue or Text
Cat moves brood of kittens to tree-top.
Genre
humor; anthropomorphic-funny animals

[no title indexed] (Table of Contents: 26)

Frog Pond Ferry / comic story / 0.66 page (report information)

Script
M. E. Brady (signed as MEB)
Pencils
M. E. Brady (signed as MEB)
Inks
M. E. Brady (signed as MEB)
Colors
?
Letters
?

First Line of Dialogue or Text
You say you didn't have lunch yet, Gink?
Genre
humor; anthropomorphic-funny animals
Characters
The Skipper; Gink Goat

[no title indexed] (Table of Contents: 27)

Napoleon / comic story / 1 page (report information)

Script
Clifford McBride (credited, signed)
Pencils
Clifford McBride (credited, signed)
Inks
Clifford McBride (credited, signed)
Colors
?
Letters
?

First Line of Dialogue or Text
Come on Napoleon, go through your tricks to earn your dinner.
Genre
humor; animal
Characters
Napoleon; Uncle Elby
Reprints
  • from Napoleon and Uncle Elby Sunday (Lafave Newspaper Features)

Cat O' 9 Lives (Table of Contents: 28)

comic story / 0.33 page (report information)

Script
M. E. Brady
Pencils
M. E. Brady
Inks
M. E. Brady
Colors
?
Letters
?

First Line of Dialogue or Text
Reminders of 4 departed lives
Genre
humor; anthropomorphic-funny animals

[no title indexed] (Table of Contents: 29)

Frog Pond Ferry / comic story / 0.67 page (report information)

Script
M. E. Brady (signed as MEB)
Pencils
M. E. Brady (signed as MEB)
Inks
M. E. Brady (signed as MEB)
Colors
?
Letters
?

First Line of Dialogue or Text
Here comes that little pup who thinks he's so hard-boiled!
Genre
humor; anthropomorphic-funny animals
Characters
The Skipper; Barkley

[no title indexed] (Table of Contents: 30)

Oaky Doaks / comic story / 4 pages (report information)

Script
William McCleery
Pencils
Ralph Briggs Fuller (signed as R B Fuller)
Inks
Ralph Briggs Fuller (signed as R B Fuller)
Colors
?
Letters
?

First Line of Dialogue or Text
Put down that plank!
Genre
adventure; humor; historical
Characters
Sir Oaky Doaks; King Cedric; Sergei Shadows; The Giant
Synopsis
Sergei Shadows makes his living haunting castles. Then Oaky is summoned back to Maple Island to fight a giant.
Reprints
  • from Oaky Doaks daily (AP Newsfeatures [Associated Press]) 1936-09-29 -1936-10-03, 1936-10-05 - 1936-10-10, 1936-10-12 - 1936-10-17, 1936-10-19 - 1936-10-21

[no title indexed] (Table of Contents: 31)

Seaweed Sam / comic story / 1 page (report information)

Script
Victor Pazmiño (signed as VEP)
Pencils
Victor Pazmiño (signed as VEP)
Inks
Victor Pazmiño (signed as VEP)
Colors
?
Letters
?

First Line of Dialogue or Text
Quick! Dive!
Genre
humor
Characters
Seaweed Sam; Jibsail Jerry

[no title indexed] (Table of Contents: 32)

Big Chief Wahoo / comic story / 1 page (report information)

Script
Allen Saunders (credited as Saunders)
Pencils
Elmer Woggon (credited as Woggon) (signed as Wog)
Inks
Elmer Woggon (credited as Woggon) (signed as Wog)
Colors
?
Letters
?

First Line of Dialogue or Text
Chief Wahoo and Pigtails are getting the low-down on high society.
Genre
humor
Characters
Big Chief Wahoo; Pigtails; Mrs. Upsnoot
Reprints
  • from Big Chief Wahoo Sunday (Publishers Syndicate) 1937-xx-xx

[no title indexed] (Table of Contents: 33)

Olly of the Movies / comic story / 2 pages (report information)

Script
Julian Ollendorff (signed as Ollendorff)
Pencils
Julian Ollendorff (signed as Ollendorff)
Inks
Julian Ollendorff (signed as Ollendorff)
Colors
?
Letters
?

First Line of Dialogue or Text
There's the letter to Olly!
Genre
adventure; drama; humor
Characters
Olive Lane; Buddy Lane; Jum; Bill
Synopsis
Two schemers try to convince Olly they've kidnapped Buddy.
Reprints
  • from Olly of the Movies daily (The McNaught Syndicate) 1936-02-xx - 1936-02-xx

[no title indexed] (Table of Contents: 34)

Scorchy Smith / comic story / 2 pages (report information)

Script
Noel Sickles (signed)
Pencils
Noel Sickles (signed)
Inks
Noel Sickles (signed)
Colors
?
Letters
?

First Line of Dialogue or Text
Hello, Randolph!
Genre
adventure; aviation
Characters
Scorchy Smith; Jay; Tanta Armara; Randolph; General Armara; Himmelstoff; Mr. Treling; Schmidt
Synopsis
The adventure over, Scorchy takes his reward money and goes to buy his own plane.
Reprints
  • from Scorchy Smith daily (AP Newsfeatures [Associated Press]) 1935-xx-xx - 1935-xx-xx

[no title indexed] (Table of Contents: 35)

Somebody's Stenog / comic story / 0.75 page (report information)

Script
A. E. Hayward (credited, signed)
Pencils
A. E. Hayward (credited, signed)
Inks
A. E. Hayward (credited, signed)
Colors
?
Letters
?

First Line of Dialogue or Text
Smithers lands in jail.
Genre
humor; drama
Characters
Sam Smithers; Cam O’Flage
Reprints
  • from Somebody's Stenog Sunday (The Ledger Syndicate)

Indexer Notes

The bottom tier is “The Back-Seat Driver”, by the same creator.

[no title indexed] (Table of Contents: 36)

The Back-Seat Driver / comic story / 0.25 page (report information)

Script
A. E. Hayward (signed)
Pencils
A. E. Hayward (signed)
Inks
A. E. Hayward (signed)
Colors
?
Letters
?

First Line of Dialogue or Text
Oh, what an awful dream!
Genre
humor
Characters
John Smith; Mrs. Smith [both unnamed here]
Synopsis
from Somebody's Stenog Sunday (The Ledger Syndicate)

Indexer Notes

The bottom tier of the "Somebody's Stenog" Sunday page, by the same creator.

[no title indexed] (Table of Contents: 37)

Above the Crowd / comic story / 1 page (report information)

Script
Stookie Allen (credited, signed)
Pencils
Stookie Allen (credited, signed)
Inks
Stookie Allen (credited, signed)
Colors
?
Letters
?

First Line of Dialogue or Text
The Mysterious Peak!
Genre
non-fiction; biography
Characters
W.H. Jackson
Synopsis
Biography of 19th century photographer W.H. Jackson.
Reprints
  • from Above the Crowd daily (King Features Syndicate, Inc.) 193x-xx-xx

[no title indexed] (Table of Contents: 38)

Mescal Ike / comic story / 1 page (report information)

Script
S. L. Huntley (credited)
Pencils
Art Huhta (signed)
Inks
Art Huhta (signed)
Colors
?
Letters
?

First Line of Dialogue or Text
The jam was right there just a moment ago.
Genre
humor; western-frontier
Characters
Mescal Ike; Pa Piffle; Miss Sally; Young Bates
Reprints
  • from Mescal Ike daily (AP Newsfeatures [Associated Press]) 193x-xx-xx - 193x-xx-xx

Indexer Notes

Five daily strips on a single comic book page.

Magic Made Easy (Table of Contents: 39)

activity / 1 page (report information)

Script
?
Pencils
Stephen Douglas ?
Inks
Stephen Douglas ?
Colors
?
Letters
typeset

[no title indexed] (Table of Contents: 40)

Napoleon / comic story / 1 page (report information)

Script
Clifford McBride (credited, signed)
Pencils
Clifford McBride (credited, signed)
Inks
Clifford McBride (credited, signed)
Colors
?
Letters
?

First Line of Dialogue or Text
Napoleon! I want you to remember you're a pirate!
Genre
humor; animal
Characters
Napoleon; Willie
Reprints
  • from Napoleon and Uncle Elby Sunday (Lafave Newspaper Features)

[no title indexed] (Table of Contents: 41)

There's a Town / cartoon / 1 page (report information)

Script
M. E. Brady (signed as MEB)
Pencils
M. E. Brady (signed as MEB)
Inks
M. E. Brady (signed as MEB)
Colors
?
Letters
?

First Line of Dialogue or Text
Republican City is in Nebraska...
Genre
humor; non-fiction

[no title indexed] (Table of Contents: 42)

Babe Bunting / comic story / 2 pages (report information)

Script
Roy L. Williams (credited as Williams)
Pencils
Roy L. Williams (credited as Williams)
Inks
Roy L. Williams (credited as Williams)
Colors
?
Letters
?

First Line of Dialogue or Text
This envelope has money in it!
Genre
drama; children
Characters
Dorothy "Babe" Bunting; Mrs. Bunting; Captain Lucifer Mulberry; Benjy
Synopsis
Mrs. Bunting gets a job on a showbozt.
Reprints
  • from Babe Bunting daily (The Ledger Syndicate) 1936-06-xx - 1936-06-xx

[no title indexed] (Table of Contents: 43)

Punky / comic story / 1 page (report information)

Script
Fred Balk (signed)
Pencils
Fred Balk (signed)
Inks
Fred Balk (signed)
Colors
?
Letters
?

First Line of Dialogue or Text
I think I see somebody tryin' to find us...
Genre
humor; children
Reprints
  • from Punky daily (AP Newsfeatures [Associated Press])

Indexer Notes

Four daily gag panels.

[no title indexed] (Table of Contents: 44)

Connie / comic story / 0.75 page (report information)

Script
Frank Godwin (credited, signed)
Pencils
Frank Godwin (credited, signed)
Inks
Frank Godwin (credited, signed)
Colors
?
Letters
?

First Line of Dialogue or Text
Connie, I've decided to buy a new car.
Genre
humor; adventure
Characters
Connie Kurridge; Mr. Kurridge; Johnny
Reprints
  • from Connie Sunday (The Ledger Syndicate) 1935-xx-xx

Indexer Notes

The bottom tier is “The Wet Blanket”, by the same creator.

[no title indexed] (Table of Contents: 45)

The Wet Blanket / comic story / 0.25 page (report information)

Script
Frank Godwin
Pencils
Frank Godwin
Inks
Frank Godwin
Colors
?
Letters
?

First Line of Dialogue or Text
You like quail on toast, don't you, Ted!
Genre
humor; domestic
Characters
Ted
Reprints
  • from Connie Sunday (The Ledger Syndicate) 1935-xx-xx

Indexer Notes

The bottom tier of the "Connie" Sunday page, by the same creator.

[no title indexed] (Table of Contents: 46)

Life's Like That / comic story / 1 page (report information)

Script
Fred Neher (credited, signed)
Pencils
Fred Neher (credited, signed)
Inks
Fred Neher (credited, signed)
Colors
?
Letters
?

First Line of Dialogue or Text
I didn't put a knife and fork at Uncle Earl's place...
Genre
humor; domestic; satire-parody
Reprints
  • from Life's Like That daily (Consolidated News Features) 193x-xx-xx - 193x-xx-xx

Indexer Notes

Six daily gag panels.

[no title indexed] (Table of Contents: 47)

Queenie / comic story / 1 page (report information)

Script
S. M. Iger (credited as Bob Bliss)
Pencils
S. M. Iger (credited as Bob Bliss)
Inks
S. M. Iger (credited as Bob Bliss)
Colors
?
Letters
?

First Line of Dialogue or Text
I wanna go in th' auto!
Genre
humor; children
Characters
Queenie; Aunt Prunella; Jitters

The Ghost of Devil Key (Table of Contents: 48)

text story / 2 pages (report information)

Script
Connye M. Hyatt (credited)
Pencils
Harold DeLay (2 spot illustrations)
Inks
Harold DeLay (2 spot illustrations)
Colors
? (2 spot illustrations)
Letters
typeset

First Line of Dialogue or Text
It rose like a misshapen witch's head...
Genre
adventure
Characters
Janey; Anne

Indexer Notes

The "Let's Get Into a Huddle" page says Connye Hyatt is the wife of Robert M. Hyatt who "has been writing stories for you for the past four years."

[no title indexed] (Table of Contents: 49)

Homer Hoopee / comic story / 2 pages (report information)

Script
Fred Locher (signed)
Pencils
Fred Locher (signed)
Inks
Fred Locher (signed)
Colors
?
Letters
?

First Line of Dialogue or Text
Weel you help us...
Genre
adventure
Characters
Homer Hoopee; Pasquale; Obregado
Synopsis
Homer is searching for buried treasure - but only under duress.
Reprints
  • from Homer Hoopee daily (AP Newsfeatures [Associated Press]) 1935-xx-xx - 1935-xx-xx

[no title indexed] (Table of Contents: 50)

Artistic Artie / activity / 0.33 page (report information)

Script
M. E. Brady
Pencils
M. E. Brady
Inks
M. E. Brady
Colors
?
Letters
?

First Line of Dialogue or Text
Artie has drawn a "figgerhead"...
Genre
humor
Characters
Artistic Artie

[no title indexed] (Table of Contents: 51)

Butty and Fatty / comic story / 0.66 page (report information)

Script
M. E. Brady (signed as MEB)
Pencils
M. E. Brady (signed as MEB)
Inks
M. E. Brady (signed as MEB)
Colors
?
Letters
?

First Line of Dialogue or Text
The next part of Spunky Dory's life story is about to begin, folks!
Genre
humor; children
Characters
Butty; Fatty; Spunky Dory

[no title indexed] (Table of Contents: 52)

Napoleon / comic story / 1 page (report information)

Script
Clifford McBride (credited, signed)
Pencils
Clifford McBride (credited, signed)
Inks
Clifford McBride (credited, signed)
Colors
?
Letters
?

Genre
humor; animal
Characters
Napoleon; Uncle Elby
Reprints
  • from Napoleon and Uncle Elby Sunday (Lafave Newspaper Features) 1936-07-05

Indexer Notes

pantomime; wordless comic

[no title indexed] (Table of Contents: 53)

Jitter / comic story / 0.66 page (report information)

Script
Arthur Poinier (credited, signed)
Pencils
Arthur Poinier (credited, signed)
Inks
Arthur Poinier (credited, signed)
Colors
?
Letters
?

First Line of Dialogue or Text
Home Teem
Genre
humor; animal
Characters
Jitter
Reprints
  • from Jitter daily (A. A. Kelleher Syndicate) 193x-xx-xx - 193x-xx-xx

Indexer Notes

Three daily strips on a single comic book page.

The bottom third of the page is an ad urging "Boys 12 to 15!" to sell magazine subscriptions and win a bike or other prizes.

[no title indexed] (Table of Contents: 54)

Pen Pal Page / text article / 1 page (report information)

Script
?
Pencils
Stephen Douglas
Inks
Stephen Douglas
Colors
?
Letters
typeset

Synopsis
List of pen pals for readers to correspond with.

Indexer Notes

Masthead illustration.

Editing
Related Scans
Series Information
Table of Contents
  1. 0. ["Gosh! Mister, you scared me at first!"]
    Somebody's Stenog
  2. 1. ["All right! All right!"]
    Mescal Ike
  3. 2. ["Danger Rattlesnake"]
    Jitter
  4. 3. ["Remember, tackle only the man with the ball!"]
    Goofie Gags
  5. 4. ["What's th' matter?"]
    The Gay Thirties
  6. 5. ["That old rotted hull back of the shop."]
    Roy Powers
  7. 6. [no title indexed]
    Let's Get Into a Huddle
  8. 7. ["I followed Kane and Ardala"]
    Buck Rogers
  9. 8. ["No, I wasn't razzin' you."]
    Such is Life
  10. 9. ["I think the baby is going to be a song writer..."]
    Dumb-Bells
  11. 10. ["Closing time!"]
    Dizzy Dramas
  12. 11. ["Ah, Lolita, my leetle one, another day--another peso!"]
    Skyroads
  13. 12. ["We're aground!"]
    Hairbreadth Harry
  14. 13. ["A special in umbrellas today, sir!"]
    High-Gear Homer
  15. 14. ["He's got the measles and I'm taking no chances of getting it."]
    Life's Like That
  16. 15. ["After the Topeka Post Office gun battle."]
    War on Crime
  17. 16. ["Slurp, slurp."]
    Jitter
  18. 17. ["Teepees all heap small out here in Greenwich Village!"]
    Big Chief Wahoo
  19. 18. ["Dickie and Wags are alone."]
    Dickie Dare
  20. 19. ["Something must have happened to Phil!"]
    The Adventures of Patsy
  21. 20. Theodora--Her Girlhood
    Highlights of History
  22. 21. ["Guatemala--a Republic of Central America."]
    Boys and Girls the World Over
  23. 22. ["The sturdy Dutch burghers of Nieuw Amsterdam played Kolf!"]
    Would You Believe It?
  24. 23. [no title indexed]
    Funland
  25. 24. ["That looks like our candidate's dog across the street!"]
    Napoleon
  26. 25. ["Cat moves brood of kittens to tree-top."]
    Animals in the News
  27. 26. ["You say you didn't have lunch yet, Gink?"]
    Frog Pond Ferry
  28. 27. ["Come on Napoleon, go through your tricks to earn your dinner."]
    Napoleon
  29. 28. Cat O' 9 Lives
  30. 29. ["Here comes that little pup who thinks he's so hard-boiled!"]
    Frog Pond Ferry
  31. 30. ["Put down that plank!"]
    Oaky Doaks
  32. 31. ["Quick! Dive!"]
    Seaweed Sam
  33. 32. ["Chief Wahoo and Pigtails are getting the low-down on high society."]
    Big Chief Wahoo
  34. 33. ["There's the letter to Olly!"]
    Olly of the Movies
  35. 34. ["Hello, Randolph!"]
    Scorchy Smith
  36. 35. ["Smithers lands in jail."]
    Somebody's Stenog
  37. 36. ["Oh, what an awful dream!"]
    The Back-Seat Driver
  38. 37. ["The Mysterious Peak!"]
    Above the Crowd
  39. 38. ["The jam was right there just a moment ago."]
    Mescal Ike
  40. 39. Magic Made Easy
  41. 40. ["Napoleon! I want you to remember you're a pirate!"]
    Napoleon
  42. 41. ["Republican City is in Nebraska..."]
    There's a Town
  43. 42. ["This envelope has money in it!"]
    Babe Bunting
  44. 43. ["I think I see somebody tryin' to find us..."]
    Punky
  45. 44. ["Connie, I've decided to buy a new car."]
    Connie
  46. 45. ["You like quail on toast, don't you, Ted!"]
    The Wet Blanket
  47. 46. ["I didn't put a knife and fork at Uncle Earl's place..."]
    Life's Like That
  48. 47. ["I wanna go in th' auto!"]
    Queenie
  49. 48. The Ghost of Devil Key
  50. 49. ["Weel you help us..."]
    Homer Hoopee
  51. 50. ["Artie has drawn a "figgerhead"..."]
    Artistic Artie
  52. 51. ["The next part of Spunky Dory's life story is about to begin, folks!"]
    Butty and Fatty
  53. 52. [no title indexed]
    Napoleon
  54. 53. ["Home Teem"]
    Jitter
  55. 54. [no title indexed]
    Pen Pal Page
This issue was modified by, among others
  • Keith Chandler
  • Peter Croome
  • Denys Howard
  • Bob Hughes
  • Ramon Schenk
  • Daniel Thingvold
  • Matthew Torrance
  • David Wilt